title: Stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas.
abstract: Depending on their location and angioarchitecture, intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF) pose various neurologic symptoms as well as a risk of intracranial hemorrhage. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), microsurgery, and embolization play a role in the management of dAVF patients, and, at times, patients undergo a combination of approaches. Comparable to arteriovenous malformations, SRS offers a reasonable rate of angiographic obliteration and symptomatic improvement in selected patients with dAVF. Complications after SRS of dAVF are uncommon and generally manageable. Patients remain at risk for intracranial hemorrhage until the dAVF is completely obliterated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, PO Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Chun-Po
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzino
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Arteriovenous fistula; Dura; Stereotactic radiosurgery